Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This reference center with 7,723 posts is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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Moses Simons (?- 1822)
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Muriel E. Poston (1950- )
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Erica Gwen-Elise Snipes Garner (1990-2017)
Christopher Wallace
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Christopher G. “The Notorious B.I.G.” Wallace (1972-1997)

Explore Global African History

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Zindziswa Mandela-Hlongwane (1960-2020)
Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba of Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1960
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(1960) Patrice Lumumba, “National Radio Address”
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Titanic’s Black Passenger: Creating Historical Fiction From Historical Fact
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Usman dan Fodio (1754-1817)

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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After the Underground Railroad: Finding the African North Americans who Returned from Canada
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The Washingtons of Wessyngton Plantation: One Tennessee Community’s Odyssey from Slavery to Freedom
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John McWhorter, “Celebrate the Triumph of Ordinary Black Americans”
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Confounded: The Enigma of “Blind Tom” Wiggins

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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